2009 DODGE JOURNEY AWD Complaints

HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY CAR EITHER TAKING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START OR NOT EVEN START AT ALL. HAPPENS PERIODICALLY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PIN POINT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THEY DID REPLACE SEVERAL THINGS, INCLUDED THE STARTER. STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE!

I WAS ON I95 DOING 70 MILES AN HOUR AND MY CAR STAYED IN DRIVE AND ALL THE SUDDEN STARTED GOING IN REVERSE. BACKING ME UP ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TRACTOR TRAILERS FLYING ALL AROUND ME. CARS GOING AROUND ME RUNNING OFF SHOULDER TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME. I TRIED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. I TRIED AGAIN ONCE I GOT TO 20 IT STARTED GOING IN REVERSE AGAIN. THEY SAID IT WAS A INTERNAL TRANSFAULT AND IT GRINDING METAL INTO MY TRANSCOOLER THAT WILL NEED TO ALSO BE REPLACED WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IF ITS INTERNAL AND NO FAULT OF MINE AND ALMOST KILLED ME AND I DO NOT EVER WANT TO DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY AGAIN FROM FEAR. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO FIX IT. I AM VERY ANGRY AND UPSET AND NOT RICH.

THE CAR IS ACTING POSSESSED. THE PEDOMETERS AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ARE BLINKING ON AND OFF THE WINDOWS ARE ROLLING UP AND DOWN BY ITSELF. THE CAR CUTS OFF BY ITSELF WHICH DRIVING AND WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK THE GEAR SHIFT WON'T MOVE OUT OF PARK AND THE CAR WON'T CUT ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIPM MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE WIRE HARNESS.BUT DIDNT TELL ME THAT ITS RECALLS OUT HERE 4 THE SAME PROBLEM MY CAR IS HAVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY AWD. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER RAN OVER A 4 INCH DEEP POTHOLE AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V047000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,000. UPDATED 02/21/17*LJ *CN

TAKATA RECALL - WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 40 MPH. CAR BEGAN TO IDLE HIGH, PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. OPENED THE HOOD, SMELLED BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL. CLOSED THE HOOD, TRIED TO START THE CAR. NO START, LIGHTS ON BUT WOULD NOT START. TRIED TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, STILL NO START. VEHICLE WAS TOWED 15 MILES TO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX. *TR

I BUY THE VEHICLE AND CHECKING THE VEHICLE'S HISTORY, I SEE THAT THE CAR HAS 2 OPEN RECALLS TO REPAIR PROBLEMS IN THE CAR, TRY TO COMMUNICATE BY EMAIL WITH THE COMPANY BUT SAY THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS. I WANT TO REPAIR MY CAR BEFORE AN ACCIDENT ...

WHILE STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT I HEARD A LOUD BANG THAT AT FIRST, MADE ME THINK SOMEONE HAD RAN INTO THE BACK OF MY JOURNEY. WHEN I REALIZED THAT WASN'T THE CASE, I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO GO, BUT IT DIDN'T, THINKING I HAD KNOCKED IT OUT OF GEAR, I HAD MOVED THE GEARSHIFT INTO PARK THEN INTO DRIVE AND DROVE TO MY PART TIME JOB. AFTER GETTING OFF AT 7PM, I GOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY TO GO HOME, ONCE I STARTED GOING THE SPEED LIMIT 55MPH, I HEARD ANOTHER BANG NOISE AND THE TRUCK WAS LOOSING SPEED, SO I PULLED OVER AND CALLED ROADSIDE. AFTER FINALLY GETTING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE ABOUT TO TAKE IT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND THE SERVICE TECH HEARD THE BANG NOISE. THEY PUT ON THE LIFT AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSFER CASE HAD CRACKED.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY AWD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V047000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. ..UPDATED 11/01/16 *BF *TR

CAR WAS BOUGHT 02/2016. STARTING HAVING START AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN MARCH 2016 CONTACTED DEALERSHIP IN MAY 2016 HAD KEY REPLACED AND ELECTRICAL REPLACED IN JULY CAR WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. OPENED A CASE WITH DODGE, AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE UNTIL THE DEALERSHIP CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THE CAR STARTS INTERMITTENTLY, RADIO WILL TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING AND TURN ON AT FULL VOLUME THE ONLY HAPPENS IF YOU DRIVE THE CAR. I WILL NOT HAPPEN IF IT SITS IN A PARKING LOG BEING STOPPED AND STARTED EVERY DAY. CAR FAX WILL SHOW THAT THE KEYS AND ELECTRICAL HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED TWICE.

MY DODGE JOURNEY WILL NOT ALWAYS START IT WILL JUST CLICK THEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT WILL START. MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR THE POWER WINDOW DOES NOT WORK IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. NOW MY GEAR SHIFT DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR, START THE CAR UP THE CAS TRACTION LIGHT IS ON AND THE GEAR WILL BE STUCK. SO I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF SEVERAL TIMES THEN I AM ABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING TO GET IN YOUR CAR AND YOU CANNOT EITHER START IT OR IT JUST DO NOT MOVE .